UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2016 · Q5(a) · 10 marks
“Karl Marx applied his critical intelligence to Wealth of Nations ... Where Smith had seen only the sunlight, Marx saw only the shadows thrown upon the human scene by the unimpeded exercise of individual liberty ...” Elucidate.
- Chapter
- Enlightenment and Modern ideas
- Topic
- Marx and Scientific Socialism
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